Now you may read the title and think, "What? Eminem is white, and he's considered to be one of the best rappers of all time." But honestly, aside from Eminem, Yelawolf, MGK, The Beastie Boys, and a few others, how many white rappers have really made a true impact on hip hop history, and how many have enjoyed a prolonged career in the main stream rap scene?
So when Machine Gun Kelly spoke out about this topic during a recent interview, and explained that he doesn't feel as though he truly "fits in", you have to try and look at things from his perspective and understand where he's coming from.
"I haven't spoken on [skin] color in so long, but...I honestly feel like right now, my biggest hindrance in why you don't hear things like, 'MGK is lyrically hot'...[is] the white thing, mixed with the fact that I don't dress like the normal Hip Hop person. Right now, I just don't feel like I fit in. I feel like I'm in the class, [but] I'm just the person in the corner. I definitely put myself in that corner by being so...strongly opinionated, like, 'Oh, I don't believe in press, I don't want to do press' - I definitely put myself in that corner sometimes, where I don't blame people for not wanting to be friends with me.
"I definitely have matured a lot, especially with the album coming out, it kind of gave me hope in life. I think I shunned a lot of people, but I also think that I kept what I had exclusive, meaning that I didn't ho myself out. I'm proud of how I've done my career, but I'm definitely going to change up a little bit."
Source: hiphopblog.com
